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lockportlegend.com sports<br />

the Lockport Legend | October 5, 2017 | 35<br />

Athlete of the Week<br />

10 Questions<br />

with John Weis<br />

John Weis is a junior at Lockport<br />

Township. He finished<br />

second at the SouthWest<br />

Suburban Conference Blue<br />

Division golf meet last week.<br />

How do you think the<br />

season went for you<br />

and the team?<br />

It’s been pretty successful.<br />

We have a lot of young golfers<br />

and consistent golfers.<br />

We hope we can still get out<br />

of the regional [this week]<br />

and sectional [next week].<br />

How did you get involved<br />

playing golf?<br />

When I was young, my dad<br />

[Andrew], my twin brother<br />

[Nolan] and I used to go<br />

out and play the three-hole<br />

golf course behind Lockport<br />

East Campus. Then I started<br />

playing competitively as a<br />

freshman and so did Nolan.<br />

What is it like golfing<br />

with your twin brother?<br />

It’s kind of nice because we<br />

always remind each other<br />

of the times we have to be<br />

at practice or meet. But we<br />

don’t like to be in the same<br />

group. I see him everyday<br />

at home, so it’s more fun to<br />

play with my other friends.<br />

We’re identical twins. We<br />

used to be confused for each<br />

other, but now it’s a little<br />

easier to tell us apart.<br />

Do you play any other<br />

sports? If so, what is<br />

your favorite sport?<br />

Both Nolan and I play<br />

baseball. It’s a toss-up, but I<br />

think I like baseball a little<br />

bit better.<br />

What’s a correlation<br />

between baseball and<br />

golf?<br />

The correlation is the is the<br />

mental part. I feel like each<br />

sport helps me get better at<br />

the other. Also in baseball<br />

I bat lefty, but I golf righty.<br />

I’m not sure why. Nolan is<br />

all right-handed.<br />

What is your favorite<br />

golf course?<br />

Harborside International<br />

Golf Center in Chicago. It’s<br />

just a super nice course. I<br />

played it only once, that was<br />

my freshman year. It was<br />

very challenging.<br />

What have you learned<br />

from Lockport golf coach<br />

Matt Eber?<br />

It’s my first year on the<br />

varsity with him as a coach.<br />

I’ve learned that the short<br />

game is important. It sure<br />

was in the conference tournament.<br />

photo Submitted<br />

Have you ever had a<br />

hole-in-one?<br />

No. At Big Run [the Porters<br />

home course in Lockport]<br />

I almost dunked one in on<br />

Hole No. 4 (a par 3) on our<br />

Senior Night (a 161-180 win<br />

over Rolling Meadows on<br />

Sept. 13). But it lipped out.<br />

Do you plan to play<br />

baseball or golf in college?<br />

I guess it would depend if<br />

I get a scholarship in either<br />

one. Honestly I’d love to<br />

play either one in college.<br />

What’s the best thing<br />

about being an athlete<br />

at Lockport?<br />

Just being out there with<br />

great coaches and friends.<br />

And also being able to practice<br />

at really nice facilities.<br />

That means there’s a great<br />

opportunity to get better.<br />

Interview By Freelance Reporter<br />

Randy Whalen<br />

Athlete of the Month<br />

Sophomore Sandburg tennis player is September champ<br />

Bill Jones, Managing Editor<br />

Apparently, all Sandburg<br />

sophomore Yianni Livieratos<br />

knows how to do is win.<br />

Livieratos, an Eagles tennis<br />

player, this summer<br />

claimed the 15’s crown in<br />

the boys singles division of<br />

the South Suburban Tennis<br />

Academy/District 230 tournament.<br />

Now, he is 22nd Century<br />

Media’s Southwest Chicago<br />

Athlete of the Month after<br />

winning the September competition.<br />

The Athlete of the Month<br />

competition pits featured<br />

Athlete of the Week selections<br />

from our south suburban<br />

newspapers against one<br />

another in an online voting<br />

contest.<br />

The next contest is to begin<br />

Tuesday, Oct. 10.<br />

To vote, visit Lock<br />

This Week In...<br />

Lockport Township<br />

High School Varsity<br />

Athletics<br />

Football<br />

■Oct. ■ 6 at Lincoln-Way East,<br />

7:30 p.m.<br />

Girls Swimming<br />

■Oct. ■ 7 at Barrington Invite<br />

(Dive), 8:30 a.m.<br />

■Oct. ■ 7 at Barrington Invite,<br />

Girls’ Volleyball<br />

Tinley Park Invite<br />

Bri Orlowski led the Porters<br />

in the championship<br />

match against Stagg to win<br />

the Tinley Park Invite Saturday,<br />

Sept. 30.<br />

Orlowski had three kills<br />

and three-and-a-half blocks.<br />

Morgan Schmutzler netted<br />

seven kills and Shae O’Neil<br />

Yianni Livieratos, a sophomore tennis player at Sandburg,<br />

won the September Athlete of the Month competition<br />

for publisher 22nd Century Media’s Southwest Chicago<br />

branch. 22nd Century Media File Photo<br />

portLegend.com, hover<br />

over the “Sports” menu tab<br />

and click “Athlete of the<br />

Month.” Readers can vote<br />

once per session per valid<br />

email address. Voting ends<br />

1 p.m.<br />

Boys Soccer<br />

■Oct. ■ 7 at Lincoln-Way East,<br />

8:30 a.m.<br />

■Oct. ■ 10 at Bolingbrook, 6:30<br />

p.m.<br />

Boys golf<br />

■Oct. ■ 7 at IHSA Sectional,<br />

TBA<br />

■Oct. ■ 9 at IHSA Sectional,<br />

TBA<br />

high school highlights<br />

The rest of the week in high school sports<br />

had three aces during the<br />

title match.<br />

Girls’ Swimming<br />

Lockport 111, Lincoln-Way<br />

West 75<br />

Lindsey Merk, Savita<br />

Chandarana, Emma Estes<br />

and Alexis Webb finished<br />

first Tuesday, Sept. 26, in<br />

the 200-yard medley relay<br />

at 5 p.m. Oct. 25.<br />

All athletes featured in<br />

the September Athlete of the<br />

Week sports interviews are<br />

automatically entered into<br />

the contest.<br />

■Oct. ■ 10 at IHSA Sectional,<br />

TBA<br />

Girls golf<br />

■Oct. ■ 7 at IHSA Sectional,<br />

TBA<br />

■Oct. ■ 9 at IHSA Sectional,<br />

TBA<br />

■Oct. ■ 10 at IHSA Sectional,<br />

TBA<br />

Girls Volleyball<br />

■Oct. ■ 10 host Homewood-<br />

Flossmoor, 4:30 p.m.<br />

against West in 1 minutes<br />

36.9 seconds. The team won<br />

11 of 12 events during the<br />

meet. Merk also notched a<br />

first place finished in the 50-<br />

yard freestyle race and finished<br />

in just 24.65 seconds.<br />

Emily Johnson won the 100-<br />

yard butterfly in 1:04.19.<br />

Oliwia Woleck won the 100-<br />

yard freestyle in 56.78 seconds.

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